Historical Events In June - 06

0840  On this day in history agobard, archbishop of Lyon (anti-semite), dies   

1002  On June - 06 german king Henry II the Saint crowned   

1134  On June - 06 norbertus van Xanten, monastery founder, dies at about 51   

1242  On this day in history 24 wagonloads of Talmudic books burned in Paris   

1391  On June - 06 inhabitants of Seville Spain massacres 5,000 Jews   

1436  Regiomontanus (Johannes Muller), prepares astronomical tables on June - 06.   

1480  On this day in history vecchietta, Italian artist and architect   

1513  Battle at Novara: Habsburgers vs Valois on this day in history.   

1520  On June - 06 france & England sign treaty of Scotland   

1523  Gustavus I becomes king of Sweden (Swedish National Day) on June - 06.   

1536  On June - 06 mexico begins it's inquisition   

1606  On this day in history pierre Corneille, France, dramatist (El Cid, Horace)   

1622  Claude-Jean Allouez, French Jesuit missionary and explorer (d.1857) on June - 06.   

1625  On this day in history domenico Guidi, Italian sculptor   

1639  On June - 06 massachusetts grants 500 acres of land to erect a gunpowder mill   

1654  On this day in history queen Christina of Sweden resigns & converts to Catholicism   

1660  On this day in history denmark & Sweden signs peace treaty   

1661  Giacomo Antonio Perti, composer on this day in history.   

1664  On this day in history new Amsterdam renamed NYC   

1665  On this day in history battle at Monte Carlo: English & Portuguese army beat Spain   

1671  On this day in history stenka/Stepan Razin, Russian cossack/boer leader   

1671  Stenka/Stepan Razin, Russian cossack/boer leader, killed on June - 06.   

1673  France & Brandenburg sign peace treaty on June - 06.   

1676  Georg Reidel, composer on June - 06.   

1683  The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England, opens as the world's first university museum on June - 06.   

1686  Joannes B van Neercassel, RC spiritual leader of Neth, dies at 60 on June - 06.   

1695  Adriaen Valckenier, gov-gen Neth-Indies (1737-41)/killed 8,000 Chinese on June - 06.   

1710  Francoise de la Baume Le Blanc, mistress of king Louis XIV, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1716  1st slaves arrive in Louisiana on this day in history.   

1722  Adrien Trudo Sale, composer on this day in history.   

1735  On this day in history anton Schweitzer, composer   

1735  On this day in history georg Osterreich, composer, dies at 71   

1740  On June - 06 alexander Spotswood, British governor of Virginia Colony   

1744  France & Prussia sign peace treaty on this day in history.   

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1236  Wen Tianxiang, Chinese prime minister (d. 1283) was born on June - 06.   

1436  Regiomontanus (Johannes Muller), prepares astronomical tables was born on this day in history.   

1502  On this day in history birth of king John III of Portugal (d. 1557)   

1519  Andrea Cesalpino, Italian philosopher and botanist (d. 1603) was born on this day in history.   

1576  On this day in history birth of giovanni Diodati, Swiss Protestant clergyman (d. 1649)   

1580  On this day in history birth of godefroy Wendelin, Flemish astronomer (d. 1667)   

1599  Diego Velázquez, Spanish painter (d. 1660) was born on this day in history.   

1606  Pierre Corneille, France, dramatist (El Cid, Horace) was born on this day in history.   

0840  On this day in history agobard, archbishop of Lyon (anti-semite), dies   

1134  Norbertus van Xanten, monastery founder, dies at about 51 on June - 06.   

1393  On this day in history death of emperor Go-En'yu of Japan (b. 1359)   

1480  Death of Vecchietta, Italian artist and architect on June - 06.   

1548  Death of Juan de Castro, Portuguese explorer (b. 1500) on June - 06.   

1563  Death of Ikeda Nagamasa, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1519) on this day in history.   

1583  Death of Nakagawa Kiyohide, Japanese warlord (b. 1556) on June - 06.   

1671  On this day in history death of stenka/Stepan Razin, Russian cossack/boer leader, killed